javax.lang.model.element
Class UnknownElementException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              javax.lang.model.element.UnknownElementException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class UnknownElementException
extends java.lang.RuntimeException

Indicates that an unknown kind of element was encountered. This can occur if the language evolves and new kinds of elements are added to the Element hierarchy. May be thrown by an element visitor to indicate that the visitor was created for a prior version of the language.

Since:

1.6

See Also:

ElementVisitor.visitUnknown(javax.lang.model.element.Element, P), Serialized Form

Field Summary

private Element	element
private java.lang.Object	parameter
private static long	serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

UnknownElementException(Element e, java.lang.Object p)
Creates a new UnknownElementException.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getArgument() Returns the additional argument.
Element	getUnknownElement() Returns the unknown element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

element

private transient Element element

parameter

private transient java.lang.Object parameter

Constructor Detail

UnknownElementException

public UnknownElementException(Element e,
                               java.lang.Object p)

Creates a new UnknownElementException. The p parameter may be used to pass in an additional argument with information about the context in which the unknown element was encountered; for example, the visit methods of ElementVisitor may pass in their additional parameter.

Parameters:

e - the unknown element, may be null

p - an additional parameter, may be null

Method Detail

getUnknownElement

public Element getUnknownElement()

Returns the unknown element. The value may be unavailable if this exception has been serialized and then read back in.

Returns:

the unknown element, or null if unavailable

getArgument

public java.lang.Object getArgument()

Returns the additional argument.

Returns:

the additional argument